The incumbent, Victor Preciado is campaigning on neighborhood improvements and community work. The question is what another term would deliver.
Victor Preciado’s campaign website calls its accomplishments section “The Receipts.” After nearly eight years on the Pomona City Council, that is a reasonable place to start.
First elected in 2018, Preciado is asking District 2 to keep him in office against a familiar opponent: Jacqueline “Jacky” Elizalde. Their November 2022 race ended with 1,216 votes for Preciado and 1,109 for Elizalde. He won by 107 votes. District 2 has already demonstrated that keeping him is an argument, not a formality. [1][2]
Preciado’s political identity rests heavily on neighborhood work. ActiveSGV, which honored him in 2022, described his involvement in pandemic grocery deliveries and the monthly CommUnity Pull Up resource fairs. Its account credited volunteers and community organizations alongside the councilmember. The work extended beyond an election-season appearance. [2]
That record gives voters something concrete to assess: whether those services reached them, whether they continued and whether City Hall became easier to deal with.
His reelection campaign highlights park improvements and street repairs. Its next-term priorities include affordable housing, transportation and youth mentorship. These are familiar municipal promises. An incumbent has to explain what remains unfinished and why another four years would change it. [3]
In an Inland Valley Daily Bulletin candidate questionnaire, Preciado called affordability the top issue facing District 2. He supported increasing housing supply for renters and prospective homeowners, backed modern logistics projects that meet higher environmental standards while opposing unchecked warehouse expansion, and said City resources should not be used to assist federal immigration enforcement. The positions are clearer than the broad themes on his campaign site, although they still leave questions about the ordinances, funding and votes he would pursue. [10]
Preciado also represents Pomona on Foothill Transit’s governing board. That gives him a regional role in a service residents depend on to reach work, school and appointments. Voters can reasonably ask which service improvements he intends to pursue and how he would measure success. [4]
His campaign’s language sometimes gives him personal credit for public work. The park claim is especially broad: the site says he revitalized every park in District 2. Voters should be able to match that claim to individual parks, completed work and funding sources. A councilmember can help advance a project; staff, taxpayers, outside agencies and the rest of the council also have roles. [3]
The next term needs an explanation of its own: which repairs remain, which housing proposals he would bring forward and what residents would receive that they are not receiving now.
Community events can be useful public service. Residents also need a government that answers between events, explains its decisions and makes its spending understandable. An incumbent asking for another term should be prepared to discuss both.
His campaign donors include a company that does business with the City. As The Pomonan previously reported, Athens Services contributed $499 to Preciado’s campaign on January 30, 2026. Athens holds Pomona’s exclusive franchise for residential and commercial trash collection. The company residents pay to haul their trash also helped finance the incumbent’s reelection campaign. [5]
His record also includes votes for Flock cameras. On December 18, 2023, Preciado joined a 7–0 vote accepting an $860,000 state grant and authorizing a sole-source lease of Flock cameras and related services. On September 16, 2024, he joined a 6–0 vote authorizing another Flock camera purchase of up to $500,000; Councilmember Robert Torres was absent. Both actions were approved through the consent calendar. [6][7]
On February 23, 2026, Preciado also joined the 7–0 vote adopting Resolution No. 2026-22, placing a proposal to amend Measure Y before voters in June. That proposal became Measure Z. It sought to repeal the youth funding measure’s Charter provisions and replace them with Municipal Code provisions. His campaign emphasizes youth mentorship; his record also includes voting to put that rewrite on the ballot. [8][9]
Preciado’s case for reelection rests on work he can point to and relationships he has built. District 2’s decision is whether that record adds up to enough—and whether his next-term plans are specific enough to warrant four more years.
REFERENCES
1. Los Angeles County, November 2022 final official election results, page 85.
2. ActiveSGV, August 31, 2022 award profile. This is an award citation from an organization recognizing him, rather than an independent audit of his record.
3. Victor Preciado campaign website. Accomplishments and future priorities attributed to the campaign are campaign claims.
4. Foothill Transit governing boards.
5. The Pomonan, Who Is Funding Pomona’s District 2 Council Race?. Previously published reporting identifying the Athens contribution and franchise relationship.
6. December 18, 2023 final City Council minutes, pages 2–3 and 5–6: attendance, consent-calendar vote and Item 7, Resolution No. 2023-239.
7. September 16, 2024 final City Council minutes, pages 2 and 8: attendance and Item 5, Flock purchase authorization.
8. February 23, 2026 final City Council minutes, pages 2 and 9–10: attendance and Item 13, Resolution No. 2026-22.
9. City of Pomona, Measure Z, identifying Resolution No. 2026-22 as the measure text.
10. Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, May 5, 2026, Preciado primary-election candidate questionnaire.
Editor’s note: The Pomonan invited both District 2 candidates to submit an op ed or participate in a written interview. Neither responded by the stated deadline. Their positions are drawn from public records, campaign materials and published questionnaires.
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